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ALFRED SUEUR, OF NEW YORK, N.. Y., ASSIGNOR TO M. J. PAILLARD Se OO., OF SAME PLAGE. y

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,484, dated January 4, 1887.

` Application filed March 11, 1886. Serial No. 194,763. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern/.- cross-sectional view on the line a? x, Fig. l, of 50 Beit known that I, ALFRED SUEUR, of the the disk at the end ol" said shaft. city, county, and State of New York, have in- Similar letters of reference indicate correvented certain new and useful Improvements spending parts. in Music-Boxes, of which the following is a rlhe shaft A, on which the pin-cylinder is specilication. mounted to slide in the direction of its length, 5 5 Heretofore music-boxes have been conis mounted in the bearings B B, secured on structed with revolving pin-cylinders mounted the plate C, said bearings being provided with in the frame of the box in such a manner that Athe latches D, which can be swung into the io they could not be removed, or with cylinders position shown in Fig. 3 for the purpose of which could be removed to be replaced by oth holding the shaft A down in its bearings and 6o ers having their' pins arranged to play differpreventing` the lifting of the same out of its ent melodies. Of the removable cylinders bearings. At the same time all bearings are there are two kinds, known as the changea so constructed as to admit of a slight move-A blelandtheinterchangeable Thechangement of the shaft A in the direction of its able cylinders must be fitted very accurately length. On the end of said shaft a disk, H, is 65 into the box at the time it is made, and addimounted rigidly, and is provided with two tional cylinders cannot be supplied at a later diametrically-opposite blocks, F and G, pro date, whereas the interchangeable cylinders jecting from the outer surface. The block F 2o are provided with a suitable mechanism for is providedl with a screw-threaded aperture adjusting their shafts in place, so as to permit for receivinga screw, J, provided with a knob, 7o the pins to strike the proper teeth of the comb J The cog-wheel K vis driven by suitable at the proper time, an adjusting device of this gearing from a spring-motor, sueh as is usukind being found in the Patent No. 212,108, ally employed in music-boxes. The center of issued on the 11th day of February, 187 9, to said wheel K is directly in line with the center M. J. Paillard 8s Co., assignees of Amede of the shaft A. The wheel K has a notch, L, 75 Paillard. extending inward from the rim for the screw The objectof my invention is to provide a J, as shown. new and improved device for adjusting and The cylinder-shaft is adjusted in the follow- 33 locking the shaft carrying the pin-cylinder of ing manner: It is placed on the bearings. The

a music-box in place in such a manner that it latches D are then swung down into the posi- 8o cannot move on its bearings in the direction tions shown in Fig. 8, the screw J, which is of its length. screwed out of the block F to a considerable The invention consists in the combination, extent, being passed into the notch L. The 35 with said shaft, of a disk or cross-piece on the screw His then drawn up tight, whereby the end ofthe same, and screws for drawing said shaft is moved in the direction of the arrow 8 5 disk and projections on the same firmly and a', Fig. l, until the outer ends of the blocks F tightly against a revolving disk, which is and G rest firmly against the side of the wheel turned by the spring-motorof the box, all as K, thus preventinganylongitudinal movement 4o will be described and Aset forth hereinafter, ofthe shaftAin its bearings. The wheel K is and pointed out in the claims. revolved by the springmotor, as stated, and 9o In the accompanying drawings, Figure l carries the disk H round with it, whereby the represents a longitudinal view of a cylindershaft A and the pin-cylinder on the same are shaft and locking devices for thesame, of a revolved. music-box and of my improved device, parts The above-described device is very simple,

being broken out and others in section. Fig. occupies little space, and can be applied to any 2 is a plan view of the same, parts being broken music-box having removable pin-cylinders. out. Fig. 3 is a side view of the latch for Having thus described my invention,Iclaim holding the shaft on its bearings. Fig. 4 is a as new and desire to secure byLetters Patentl. In a music-box having` removable pincylinders, the combination, with the pin-cylinder shaft and bearings for the saine; of a disk or crosspiece on the end of said shaft,

'a disk revolved by the motor of the musicblocks on said disk, a disk revolved by the motor of the music-box, and a screw for conpling,r the disk or cross-piece on the pin-cylinder shaft to the disk operated bythe motor, and drawing said disk on the shaft toward the disk revolved by the motor, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my naine in liresence of two subscribing witnesses.

\. ALFRED SUEUR.

Witnesses:

CARL Kani), SIDNEY MANN. 

